Argyros (Denomination, Concept)

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Argyros (en)

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Modern term to describe the full silver denomination in Axumite numismatics. Created on the prototype of the Roman Late Imperial argenteus, and of a slowly decreasing weight. Compare W. Hahn - R. Keck, Münzgeschichte der Akßumitenkönige in der Spätantike (2020) p. 36.

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